Surgical appliance for women



J. J. MARTINKA. SURGICAL APPLIANCE FOR WOMEN.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 13, 1919.

Patented Jan. 13, 1920.

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zrosnrn J. MARTINKA, or NEWARK, new JERSEY.

SURGICAL APPLIANCE FOR- WOMEN.

i Specification of-Letters Patent. Patented J an. 13, 1920.

Application filed September 13, 1919. Serial-No. 323,455

To aZZ whom it may concern:

. Be it known that I, J osnrn a citizen of the United States, residingat Newark, in the county of Essex and State of New Jersey, have inventednew and useful Improvements in Surgical -Appliances for Women, ofwhich-the-following is a specification.

The object of my present invention is' the provision of simple,eflicient and easily applied means for preventing bed wetting by womenand girls afliicted with bladder weakness or any other disease thatprevents them from controlling the discharge of urine.

To the attainment of the for'egoinggthe inventionconsists in thepeculiar and advantageous appliance hereinafter described and definitelyclaimed.

In the accompanying -drawings, 'hereby made a part hereof:

Figu'i'e 1 is a general view j showing the device constituting thepreferred specific embodiment of my invention combined with the strapswhich are preferably, though not necessarily, employed in the attachmentof Fi 2 is a longitudinal section through the c amping device per 86.

Fig. 3 is a cross-section of the same. Fig.- 4 is an enlarged deta1lsection illustrativ'e of the" means for strongly though yieldinglypressing" the labia-engaging portions'of the clamp jaws toward eachother.

' Similar numerals of reference designate corresponding parts in all ofthe views of 1 the drawings.

ner as to compress and thereby effectually close the eduction orificeportion of the urethra, thereby preventing bed wetting.

' As illustrated the device comprises two "jawsl. These laws arepreferably, though not necessarily, of celluloid for the sake ofcombined li htness and strength, and each is I provided w1th anintermediate portion 2 that is longitudinally concavo-convex, the convexside being outermost. On the inner sides of their forward portions thejaws are provided with serrations 3 or are otherwise roughened to betterenable them to engage and retain their hold. on the labia mentioned.

Bein of celluloid the jaws 1 are resilient,

and t eir rear side by sideportions are c011 J. MARTINKA,

' My..1i.ove1 device is in the nature of clamp, and is designed to beapplied in and to engage the labia of the vulva in such man ent, is:

' hold the I forward portions thereo nected' together through the mediumof' rivets 4.. At a point slightly in advance of the said rivetconnection the jaws are connected togetlw rby' one or two elastic bands5 which are arranged inapertures of and extend between thejaws andhavethe effect of normally'though yieldingly holding the jaw portions .3together with a view to bands 5, the placing of the said jaws withth'e'labia mentioned between them, the ini tial retention of the jaws onthe portions of thesaid "labia at the opposite sides of the eductionorifice of the urethra by the said elastic bands 5 and the subsequentcompression of the labia and theeduction portion of the urethrabetween-the jaws in a powerful'manner by turning the nut up on the boltor otherwise subjecting the jaws to pressure.

The attaching straps 9., 10 and 11 are preferably applied to the clampdevice in the manner shown. Said straps are also, by

preference, elastic in character to conduce to the comfort of thepatient, and are equipped with appurtenances 12, 13 and-14 or fastenermem ers of any other approved type so that the device may be readily andsecurely fastened to the body of the patient.

ilt will be apparentfrom the, foregoing that notwithstanding thefacility with which my novel device maybe applied, the

device may be depended upon to prevent bed wetting by a woman or afemale child.

Having described my invention, what I claim 1. A device forpreventingbed wetting by a woman or female child, comprising aws formed ofthinlresilient material and having concave-convex intermediate portions,flat opposed rear portions connected together and forward portions theinner or opposed faces of which are roughened, an elastic band arrangedinand connecting said rear portions of the jawsand tending tofyieldingly together,

desire to secure by LettersPatand means connecting the intermediateportions of the jaws and adjustable t0 positively press said jawstogether.

2. A device for preventing bed Wetting 5 by a woman or female child,comprising resilient jaws of plate-like form, means connecting the rearportiqns of said jaws to-' gether in opposed relation, resilient. meansfor holding the forward portions of the jaws under yielding pressureagainst labia, I and means connecting the jaws and adjust able tosubject the same to giositive pressure.

